Legal Opinion
Sleepy Hollow Valley Committee v. McMorran
New York Court of Appeals
Decided July 7, 1967PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtVan Voorhis, J.
This action involves a dispute between local property owners concerning the location of a portion of the route to be traversed by the construction of a new State highway Avhich will form part of Route 117. The map in evidence shows that, regardless of Avho wins this lawsuit, the new highway will pass through the area described as “Family Estate” at Pocantico Hills, near Tarrytown, the litigated portion of the route affecting residents farther north. The Legislature designated the course to be followed by this thoroughfare as running generally in a southwesterly direction from Route 9-A to…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Matter of BuelNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
- People ex rel. Wauful v. ReelAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1913
3Cited by4 opinions
- Citizens Committee for the Hudson Valley v. VolpeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1970
- Citizens Committee for the Hudson Valley, the Sierra Club and the Village of Tarrytown, New York v. John Volpe, Individually and as Secretary of Transportation of the Unitedstates, Walter J. Hickel, Individually and as Secretary of the Interior of Theunited States, Stanley S. Resor, Individually and as Secretary of the Army Ofthe Unitedstates, and William F. Cassidy, Individually and as Chief of Engineers, Corpsof Engineers of the U.S. Army, J. Burch McMorran and as Commissioner of the Department of Transportation of Thestate of New York,intervenor-Appellant. Citizens Committee for the Hudson Valley, the Sierra Club and the Village Oftarrytown, New York v. J. Burch McMorran Individually and as Commissioner of the Department Oftransportation of the State of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1970
- Opn. No., New York Attorney General Reports1979
- Town of Erwin v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011